tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1732861288056953202018-03-07T07:23:06.863-08:00Sharon at A Quick ReadSharon at A Quick Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12180343566477592986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173286128805695320.post-59617302958102310652013-12-03T04:54:00.000-08:002015-01-11T04:10:20.955-08:00<br />I've got an announcement for you this month - we will be closing down the AQR project in 2014. Because of this, I'm sorry, but we are unable to accept any more stories.<br />I will also not be choosing a story of the month in 2014 and this blog will also go too sometime in 2014.<br />However, I may set one up later, under a different name - not sharonataquickread.<br />We've decided to close the AQR project down for several reasons, the first one is that the website is costing us just over £50 a year.<br />That might not be a lot, but we are only a husband and wife team running the project as a hobby from home. <br />As we don't charge readers or writers, we don't make a profit. Despite our very best efforts, we haven't been able to attract advertising either, on the website or on the app, so the money we are forking out for a website could go on our household bills instead!<br />We could get a free website, but when we started the project in 2012, we wanted the site to look good, without adverts popping up all the time!<br />We feel that two years is a long enough time for the project to progress, but it hasn't.<br />Keith wants to focus on other projects - mainly android apps, and I too, need to focus on my writing.<br />I already blog on a voluntary basis for Mature Times so doing that, plus keeping up with my online writing circle, writing stories, poems and plays, and this too – it's a bit much!<br />I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Have a great time!<br />My next blog post will be in January 2014.<br />Don't forget to check out my website, which I will be keeping – www.sbee.orgfree.comSharon at A Quick Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12180343566477592986noreply@blogger.com0